Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not particularly like school, which is what originally turned him towards drawing. In the mid-1980s, he moved to Los Angeles and started drawing a comic strip named "Life in Hell", which eventually became published in the newspaper where he worked. In 1988, 'James L. Brooks' .
Son of Homer Groening , animator and producer of surf movies.
The Comic Book Guy, a character in "The Simpsons" is a version of what Matt Groening considers himself to be like.
His parents were Homer and Margaret, and his sisters were Lisa and Maggie.
Graduated from the Evergreen State College, a small 4-year liberal arts college, where he was editor of the school paper his final year.
Brother-in-law of Craig Bartlett.
He said in a 1990 interview, that Bart Simpson was based partly on Dennis the Menace and himself as a child. Barts original name was to be Matt but he changed it because it sounded too closely-related. The name Bart is an anagram of brat.
He says his last name rhymes with "complaining".
Said in an interview with L.A. Weekly that the band Sonic Youths version of "The Simpsons" theme song is his favorite cover version of it.
Attended and graduated from Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon.
Has two sons with Deborah Caplan: Homer Groening and Abe Groening.
Many members of the Simpson family are named for members of his own family: Homer, Marge, Maggie, Lisa and Patty. In order to avoid insulting another family member by making him the namesake of a Simpsons character, he left Homers father unnamed. The writers of the series named him Abraham. Coincidentally, Groenings own middle name is Abram. In 1993, he named his second son Abe.
Is a huge fan of Godzilla. The monster even makes a cameo appearance on "The Simpsons" {Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo (#10.23)} with fellow monsters Mothra, Rodan and Gamera.
Despite the fact that there are many "Star Trek" references on both "The Simpsons" and "Futurama" , he claims to have never seen a complete episode of "Star Trek" .
Creator of "Life in Hell", "Akbar and Jeff", "The Simpsons" and "Futurama" .
Insists that his last name is properly pronounced "GRAY-ning" (rhymes with "raining"), as opposed to "GRO-ning" (rhymes with "moaning").
After his divorce in 1999, he lived together with dating expert Lauren Frances for six years.
An American citizen, born in Springfield, Oregon, he is half-Canadian.
1978: Sold his first cartoon strip to "Wet", a Los Angeles-based, avant-garde magazine.
Is a huge fan of The Residents. In 1979, he wrote "The True Story of The Residents".
In October 2008, Matt was named the third greatest living genius. The London Telegraph put together a panel of six experts in creativity and innovation from Creators Synectics, a global consultants firm. They compiled a list of the top 100 geniuses, and Matt came in No. 3 (he was four, but one of the guys tied for first died).
Brother of Lisa Groening.
Was once subjected to a strip-search by airport security who considered him a suspicious character. As he was led away, a little boy said, "Ha, ha!" like Nelson on The Simpsons. Groening found the boys mockery the most irritating thing about the incident.
Is a huge fan of the Three Stooges and has often made references to the comedy team on "The Simpsons" and "Futurama" , the latter of which often features Dr. Zoidberg doing the "Curly" whoop.
Received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 15, 2012 (his 58th birthday).
Good friends with Seth MacFarlane.
He decided to give the Simpsons characters yellow skin to attract and deter channel surfers.
His surname is pronounced "GRAY-ning", not "Groaning".
His son Homer now goes by the name Will.
Matt was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2016.
[when asked "Is there a God?"] If there is, all evidence indicates that,He hates me.
And what stays in are the most obvious, dumb, visceral, knee jerk,mayhem gags. Any time a character falls down, gets kicked in the face,hit in the head. . . anything involving head injuries. We work so hard on,the wittiest dialog, involving sophisticated references to books and,movies, and then what gets a laugh is Homer belching after drinking,beer. It keeps you humble.
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.
